Broken Dreams: Ferrari 408 4RM. Forghieri’s last “Cavallino”

When Mauro Forghieri, the famous engineer who, since the mid-60s was Technical Director of what is known in Maranello as “Gestione Sportiva” [Ed: Sports Management] that included Formula 1, Formula 2 and Sports Prototype cars - left his position in 1986, he began work on the creation of an 8-cylinder model - a second-tier product therefore, with a much wider audience - capable of responding to the needs of an international public looking for cars to use on the road.